From Unknown to Known: Some Players to Watch at the World Cup

January 5th, 2006 | by: WC Bob |

Here’s a list from the BBC of unknown players who are plying their time in the English leagues and who will play for their national teams this summer at the World Cup. Chris Birchall is my favorite from this list. It is interesting to learn that he is the first white player to play for Trinidad and Tobago in more than 20 years. His goal against Bahrain in the qualifier was sick and I think he has the potential to make some noise in Germany.

The one I am most interested in watching is Ivory Coast’s Emmanuel Eboue who has languished on the bench at Arsenal but is part of a talented core of young, athletic players playing for his national team.

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Harvey

Hmmm. I’ll have to make a note of these names for my Championship Manager game. :)
Don’t know if you play it, but past editions have let people who play CM get know of players like Kim Kallstrom, Mads Jorgenson, Wayne Rooney, Javier Saviola and Ricardo Quaresma way before they make their mark in real life. The research the game makers do is amazing. Of course, you do get some mistakes, like Tonton Zola Mokoko, who is a star in CM but has been relegated to lower division play in Sweden.